The introduction of a selective separate surname system for married couples in Japan, which would allow them to choose ...

The party’s first-ever seats in the Tokyo legislature come amid scrutiny over its leader’s remarks on gender and overall ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday that he will "solemnly" accept the verdict of voters, if ...

All successive governments, from Jomo to Moi to Kibaki, Uhuru, and now Ruto, erroneously associated Raila with the wrong ...

The momentum for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has stagnated so much that it is hard to believe the party was until quite recently called the “overwhelmingly dominant force in the Diet.” ...

The Liberal Democratic Party is voters’ most favored choice in the proportional ... In the survey, 24% of the respondents said they would vote for the LDP in the proportional representation race, down ...

Mr Trump’s social media post on Monday came as Tokyo raced to persuade Washington to drop a 25 per cent tariff on cars and 24 ...

The US president has complained about Japan not importing enough American rice. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

The increase is likely to heighten calls among lawmakers to ramp up spending or cut taxes ahead of an upper house election on July 20 ...

US President Donald Trump’s latest gripe is that Japan apparently isn’t queueing up to buy enough American rice ...

Donald Trump has criticised Japan for not buying American rice as Tokyo scrambles to convince the US to scrap a 25 per cent ...

In a Truth Social post Monday afternoon, the president claimed that the Japanese people and their government were “spoiled” ...